One on One - Softcover

King, Tabitha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451179811 ISBN 13: 9780451179814

Publisher: Signet, 1994

Synopsis

Sam and Deanie, a mismatched pair of teenagers, engage in a long-shot love affair that leaves both with more than they bargained for. By the author of Pearl. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author

Tabitha King is the acclaimed author of Small World, Survivor, The Book of Reuben, and many other titles. The wife of novelist Stephen King, she lives in Maine.

From Publishers Weekly

In this affecting story of high-school basketball and teenage romance, King returns to the small-town Maine characters who peopled her previous novel, Pearl. Sam Styles, who made brief appearances as the son of Pearl's lover Reuben in the earlier book, has grown into a straight-living, Bible-reading high-school basketball star. In his senior year, he finds himself attracted to scrappy, hostile little Deanie Gauthier, captain of the girls' basketball team. As Sam and Deanie struggle to lead their respective squads to state championships, a dark bond of sexual passion grows between them, and he is increasingly drawn into her troubled life. Conflicts ignite that threaten their relationship, as well as their ability to play ball. Both are beset by adversaries: J. C., an upper-middle-class drug dealer at the school, has a sordid hold over Deanie, and Pete, a dissolute teammate of Sam's, detests his sense of morality. On the periphery of the high-school action, but posing the most sinister threat, is Deanie's mother's abusive boyfriend. The overlong narrative loses steam as King (married to novelist Stephen) resolves each conflict separately, diminishing the impact of the grand finale. However, her rich characters and her brutal, violent portrayal of teenage life manage to sustain interest despite a flabby plot. BOMC alternate.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Signet
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0451179811
• ISBN 13: 9780451179814
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 528